Botswana National Government Debt

2002 - 2023 | Yearly | USD mn | CEIC Data

Key information about Botswana National Government Debt

  • Botswana National Government Debt reached 3.5 USD bn in Mar 2023, compared with 3.6 USD bn in the previous year.
  • Botswana National Government Debt data is updated yearly, available from Mar 2002 to Mar 2023.
  • The data reached an all-time high of 3.6 USD bn in Mar 2022 and a record low of 430.9 USD mn in Mar 2002.

CEIC calculates annual Government Debt as the sum of Outstanding Foreign Government Debt and Outstanding Domestic Government Debt and converts it into USD. The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning provides Government Debt in local currency. The Bank of Botswana period end market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. The fiscal year is from April 1st to March 31st.


Related information about Botswana National Government Debt
  • In the latest reports, Botswana Consolidated Fiscal Balance registered a surplus equal to 2.5 % of its Nominal GDP in Jun 2023.
  • The country's Government debt accounted for 17.9 % of its Nominal GDP in Dec 2021.
  • Botswana Nominal GDP reached 5.1 USD bn in Mar 2023.

View Botswana's National Government Debt from 2002 to 2023 in the chart:

Botswana National Government Debt

What was Botswana's National Government Debt in 2023?

Botswana National Government Debt reached 3.5 USD bn in Mar 2023, compared with 3.6 USD bn in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
3,497.5 2023 3,581.9 2022 430.9 2002 3,581.9 2022 USD mn yearly 2002 - 2023

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country/region Last Frequency Range
Albania (USD mn) 13,499.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Sep 2010 - Sep 2023
Algeria (USD mn) 111,205.0 2022 yearly 1997 - 2022
Argentina (USD mn) 406,948.1 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1994 - Sep 2023
Armenia (USD mn) 11,845.3 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 2002 - Dec 2023
Australia (USD mn) 673,484.7 2022 yearly 1999 - 2022
Austria (USD mn) 390,951.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Azerbaijan (USD mn) 9,223.0 2021 yearly 2008 - 2021
Bahrain (USD mn) 40,419.0 Dec 2023 monthly Mar 2001 - Dec 2023
Belarus (USD mn) 23,375.7 May 2022 monthly Dec 2003 - May 2022
Belgium (USD mn) 660,312.5 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1980 - Sep 2023
Bolivia (USD mn) 8,960.7 2014 yearly 1998 - 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina (USD mn) 3,317.5 2022 yearly 2007 - 2022
Botswana (USD mn) 3,497.5 2023 yearly 2002 - 2023
Brazil (USD mn) 1,665,107.9 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2000 - Dec 2023
Bulgaria (USD mn) 22,896.4 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2015 - Jan 2024
Canada (USD mn) 1,423,314.6 2023 yearly 1962 - 2023
Chile (USD mn) 119,271.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2002 - Sep 2023
China (USD mn) 3,750,692.5 2022 yearly 2005 - 2022
Colombia (USD mn) 226,036.5 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2001 - Sep 2023
Croatia (USD mn) 49,150.2 Dec 2022 monthly Dec 1995 - Dec 2022
Cyprus (USD mn) 24,975.0 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2010 - Jan 2024
Czech Republic (USD mn) 139,943.2 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Denmark (USD mn) 119,440.3 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Ecuador (USD mn) 79,317.0 Dec 2023 quarterly Dec 2005 - Dec 2023
Egypt (USD mn) 369,695.1 Jun 2022 quarterly Jun 2006 - Jun 2022
Estonia (USD mn) 7,185.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
European Union (USD mn) 14,589,252.7 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Finland (USD mn) 217,733.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
France (USD mn) 3,268,602.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1995 - Sep 2023
Georgia (USD mn) 11,675.6 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 2006 - Dec 2023
Germany (USD mn) 2,784,645.1 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Greece (USD mn) 390,985.1 Jun 2023 quarterly Dec 1999 - Jun 2023
Hong Kong SAR, China (USD mn) 181,662.1 2023 yearly 2003 - 2023
Hungary (USD mn) 139,689.6 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1989 - Sep 2023
Iceland (USD mn) 18,223.8 2022 yearly 1998 - 2022
India (USD mn) 1,972,893.9 Jun 2023 quarterly Dec 1998 - Jun 2023
Indonesia (USD mn) 522,479.7 Jan 2024 monthly Jun 2009 - Jan 2024
Ireland (USD mn) 235,561.7 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Israel (USD mn) 294,651.3 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Italy (USD mn) 3,114,282.8 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 1957 - Nov 2023
Ivory Coast (USD mn) 3,853.2 2015 yearly 1975 - 2015
Japan (USD mn) 9,396,604.9 Apr 2023 monthly Apr 1982 - Apr 2023
Jordan (USD mn) 45,981.8 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2002 - Nov 2023
Kazakhstan (USD mn) 57,122.7 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 2005 - Dec 2023
Kenya (USD mn) 71,454.4 Sep 2023 monthly Sep 1999 - Sep 2023
South Korea (USD mn) 815,782.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Sep 2002 - Sep 2023
Kosovo (USD mn) 1,875.6 2022 yearly 2009 - 2022
Kuwait (USD mn) 684.6 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 1993 - Dec 2023
Kyrgyzstan (USD mn) 6,116.0 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2011 - Nov 2023
Latvia (USD mn) 17,359.2 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Jun 2023
Lebanon (USD mn) 100,370.8 Dec 2021 monthly Dec 2001 - Dec 2021
Lithuania (USD mn) 28,107.9 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Luxembourg (USD mn) 21,543.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1995 - Sep 2023
North Macedonia (USD mn) 8,026.8 Dec 2023 quarterly Dec 2009 - Dec 2023
Malawi (USD mn) 2,620.0 2014 yearly 2010 - 2014
Malaysia (USD mn) 255,431.9 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 1978 - Dec 2023
Malta (USD mn) 9,959.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Mauritius (USD mn) 9,371.1 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2003 - Jun 2023
Mexico (USD mn) 909,394.8 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2005 - Jan 2024
Moldova (USD mn) 5,851.7 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2007 - Jan 2024
Montenegro (USD mn) 4,219.6 Sep 2023 monthly Dec 2010 - Sep 2023
Morocco (USD mn) 91,099.0 Dec 2022 quarterly Dec 2006 - Dec 2022
Nepal (USD mn) 9,555.9 2019 yearly 1990 - 2019
Netherlands (USD mn) 494,176.5 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1999 - Sep 2023
New Zealand (USD mn) 99,408.0 Dec 2023 quarterly Dec 2006 - Dec 2023
Nigeria (USD mn) 106,889.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2006 - Sep 2023
Norway (USD mn) 211,756.9 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Oman (USD mn) 46,137.8 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Panama (USD mn) 46,894.6 Jan 2024 monthly Jul 2004 - Jan 2024
Paraguay (USD mn) 13,433.8 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Peru (USD mn) 88,740.2 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 1999 - Dec 2023
Philippines (USD mn) 262,539.9 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1993 - Jan 2024
Poland (USD mn) 371,468.7 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Portugal (USD mn) 305,734.3 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Jun 2023
Qatar (USD mn) 26,518.7 2012 yearly 2003 - 2012
Romania (USD mn) 169,908.7 Nov 2023 monthly Nov 2011 - Nov 2023
Russia (USD mn) 287,795.5 Jan 2024 monthly May 2009 - Jan 2024
Saudi Arabia (USD mn) 273,066.7 2023 yearly 2004 - 2023
Serbia (USD mn) 39,992.1 Dec 2023 monthly Sep 2004 - Dec 2023
Singapore (USD mn) 871,871.2 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 1990 - Dec 2023
Slovakia (USD mn) 75,313.8 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Jun 2023
Slovenia (USD mn) 44,123.3 Dec 2022 quarterly Dec 1999 - Dec 2022
South Africa (USD mn) 282,167.8 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 1960 - Dec 2023
Spain (USD mn) 1,669,377.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1990 - Sep 2023
Sri Lanka (USD mn) 86,964.6 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Sweden (USD mn) 170,597.9 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1999 - Sep 2023
Switzerland (USD mn) 267,524.5 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Taiwan (USD mn) 218,997.1 2022 yearly 1996 - 2022
Thailand (USD mn) 278,138.3 Jan 2024 monthly Oct 1997 - Jan 2024
Tunisia (USD mn) 38,427.0 Aug 2023 monthly Apr 2011 - Aug 2023
Turkey (USD mn) 254,513.1 2022 yearly 2001 - 2022
Ukraine (USD mn) 136,093.1 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2004 - Jan 2024
United Kingdom (USD mn) 3,241,935.2 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1966 - Sep 2023
United States (USD mn) 34,471,083.0 Feb 2024 monthly Jan 1969 - Feb 2024
Uruguay (USD mn) 40,486.3 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1999 - Sep 2023
Venezuela (USD mn) 105,131.7 2016 yearly 1996 - 2016
Vietnam (USD mn) 137,176.1 2022 yearly 2010 - 2022
Yemen (USD mn) 20,434.2 2013 yearly 2004 - 2013

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Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) 2.5 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2023
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) -37.355 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 496.639 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 34.0 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2007 - Jun 2023
National Government Debt (USD mn) 3,497.5 2023 yearly 2002 - 2023
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 17.2 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2014 - Jun 2023
Forecast: Government Expenditure (BWP bn) 115.893 2029 yearly 1981 - 2029
Forecast: Government Net Debt (BWP bn) 68.318 2029 yearly 1999 - 2029
Forecast: Government Revenue (BWP bn) 117.911 2029 yearly 2000 - 2029
Government Budget: Revenue (BWP mn) 10,566.963 Jul 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jul 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure: Net Lending (BWP mn) -8.630 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure (BWP mn) 7,433.300 Jul 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jul 2023
Government Budget: Revenue: Tax (BWP mn) 6,680.970 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Surplus/Deficit (BWP mn) -502.517 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure: Recurrent (BWP mn) 5,717.440 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 4.332 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -133.1 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2001 - Dec 2023
Total Exports (USD mn) 342.2 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Total Exports Growth (%) -41.5 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2004 - Dec 2023
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 492.299 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 4,642.194 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 12,558.330 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Total Imports (USD mn) 475.3 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Total Imports Growth (%) -19.3 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2004 - Dec 2023
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 106,766.483 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 30,187.371 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 5.149 Nov 2023 monthly Feb 2019 - Nov 2023
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 11.960 Sep 2023 monthly Jan 2000 - Sep 2023
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 25.277 Oct 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Oct 2023
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 12.138 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2000 - Dec 2023
BW: Imports: cif: World (USD mn) 1,606.002 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Foreign Trade: Exports: Re-Exports (BWP mn) 0.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2005 - Dec 2023
Foreign Trade: Exports (BWP mn) 4,623.300 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Foreign Trade Balance (BWP mn) -1,798.200 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Foreign Trade: Imports (BWP mn) 6,421.500 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Copper and Nickel (BWP mn) 629.300 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Diamonds (BWP mn) 3,453.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Meat and Meat Products (BWP mn) 17.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Vehicles and Transport Equipment (BWP mn) 20.200 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Machinery and Electric Equipment (BWP mn) 101.400 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Iron Steels and Related Products (BWP mn) 21.100 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Asia: Israel (BWP mn) 75.900 Nov 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Nov 2023
Exports: Africa: SACU: South Africa (BWP mn) 637.700 Nov 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Nov 2023
Exports: EU: Belgium (BWP mn) 460.400 Nov 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Nov 2023
Imports: Machinery and Electric Equipment (BWP mn) 766.000 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Food, Beverages and Tobacco (BWP mn) 1,042.300 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Chemicals and Rubber Products (BWP mn) 742.700 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Fuel (BWP mn) 1,400.500 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Diamonds (BWP mn) 1,007.400 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2005 - Dec 2023
Imports: Metals and Metal Products (BWP mn) 357.900 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Vehicles and Transport Equipment (BWP mn) 436.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Africa: SADC: SACU: Namibia (BWP mn) 699.000 Dec 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2023
Imports: Africa: SADC: SACU: South Africa (BWP mn) 4,506.900 Dec 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2023
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) -9.7 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -44.3 Dec 2022 quarterly Mar 2004 - Dec 2022
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 1.2 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 50.1 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 1.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 7.314 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.2 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 72.4 2021 yearly 1975 - 2021
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 0.000 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
External Debt (USD mn) 1,431.8 2023 yearly 1994 - 2023
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 7.3 2023 yearly 1995 - 2023
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 156.0 2021 yearly 1973 - 2021
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 0.8 2021 yearly 1994 - 2021
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) 0.165 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) 5,345.403 2022 yearly 1996 - 2022
BW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn) -370.483 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods (USD mn) 7,756.801 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods (USD mn) 555.698 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service (USD mn) 587.659 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net (USD mn) -585.220 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn) 236.647 2021 yearly 1975 - 2021
BW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods (USD mn) 8,312.499 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts (USD mn) 139.931 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 3.4 Dec 2023 quarterly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 19.5 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2002 - Sep 2023
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 204.363 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 2001 - Dec 2023
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 2,323.480 Nov 2023 monthly Dec 2000 - Nov 2023
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 8,132.478 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2001 - Nov 2023
M2 Growth (%) 8.6 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2002 - Nov 2023
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 2.5 Feb 2021 monthly Feb 2006 - Feb 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 5,165.9 Apr 2021 monthly Jan 1992 - Apr 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 24.152 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 1994 - Jun 2023
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 8.2 Mar 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Mar 2023
Total Deposits (USD mn) 7,756.652 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Total Deposits Growth (%) 14.5 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2003 - Dec 2023
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 6,007.9 Feb 2023 monthly Dec 2004 - Feb 2023
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 8.6 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2005 - Sep 2023
Household Debt (USD mn) 3,970.3 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Total Loans (USD mn) 6,093.869 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Total Loans Growth (%) 11.97 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2003 - Dec 2023
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 27.73 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2002 - Sep 2023
Monetary Aggregates: M2 (BWP mn) 109,898.347 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2001 - Nov 2023
Monetary Aggregates: M1 (BWP mn) 31,398.381 Nov 2023 monthly Dec 2004 - Nov 2023
Bank of Botswana: Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD th) 5,035,000.000 Aug 2023 monthly Jan 1992 - Aug 2023
Commercial Banks Loans and Advances: Arrears: Over 90 Days (BWP mn) 2,743.128 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 2001 - Dec 2023

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